The Bronte Myth
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- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2002
Summary
A fascinating and wonderfully readable deconstruction of the countless myths that have grown up around the Brontës.
Since 1857, hardly a year has gone by without some sort of Brontë ‘biography’ appearing. These range from pious accounts in Victorian conduct books to Freudian psychobiographies, from plays, films and ballets to tourist brochures and images on tea-towels, from sensation-seeking penny-a-liners to meticulous works of sober scholarship. Each generation has rewritten the Bro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099287148 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099287145 |
| Author: | Lucasta Miller |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2002 |
| Weight: | 246g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 23mm |
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“A brilliant and riveting examination of the Bront
A brilliant and riveting examination of the Bronte phenomenon * Daily Mail *Written with wit and relish, and packed with irresistible detail * The Times *Literary history is seldom related with such a pleasant combination of brio and erudition * Sunday Times *Crisply written and witty - Lucasta Miller sends the reader straight back to the wonderful novels that inspired such hommages * Independent on Sunday *A sharp-witted study in literary reputation - Miller supplies a deft and immaculately detailed tracing of the many ‘constructions’ of Charlotte Bronte * Observer *Miller’s unputdownable and erudite book has not only left us with a clear picture and greater understanding of the Brontes, but tells us a lot about ourselves too * Daily Mail *
About The Author
Lucasta Miller
Lucasta Miller is a biographer and critic whose articles have appeared in a wide number of publications, especially the Guardian. She is the author of two previous books on nineteenth-century literature, The Bronte Myth and L.E.L.- the Lost Life and Mysterious Death of the ‘Female Byron’, and is currently an Honorary Research Associate at University College, London and a Royal Literary Fund Fellow.
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